Hair-clasp.



Patented Mar. 4, i902.

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(Appication Bled Oct. 26, 1900.3

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN MACHADO, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAIR-CLASP.

SFECIFICTAION formingpart of yLetters Patent No. 694,934, dated March 4,1902.

Application filed October 26, 1900.. 'Serial No. 3,4.498. (No model.') u

and useful Improvements in Articles of Hair- Dress, of which thefollowing is a specifica- This invention relates to improvements inhair-clasps for articles of hair-dress to retain aladys hair in placeand at the same time to firmly secure hair-ornaments to the hair.

It has for its object to provide a neat, strong, and compact device andone which is very effective and easily applied to the hair.

The invention consists of the novel con# struction, arrangement, andcombination of parts which will be fully described hereinafter andclaimed, and it is carried out sub-- stantially as illustrated on theaccompanying drawings, which form 'an essential part of thisspecification, and whereon Figure l represents a rear view of ahair-ornament With my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents atop View of the same. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section ot the same onthe line w w in Figs. l and 2. Figs. 4 and 5 represent, respectively, arear view anda cross-section on theline fr a: in Fig. i of aslightly-modified construction of my device applied to a hair-ornamentsimilar to that shown in Fig. l. Fig represents a similar cross-sectionto that shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of another slightly-modified arrangementof my invention applied to a similar hair-ornament., Figs. 7 and 8 andalso Figs. 9 and 10 represent, respectively, rear views andcross-sections on the lines yyin Fig. 7 and zz in Fig. 9 ofm y improveddevice applied to what are known as side combs.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts Wherever they occur onthe different parts of the drawings.

Ladies when dressing their hair have found it tobe nearly impossible forthem to keep the short aiid broken hairs in proper place Within the massof hair and up from their necks and clothing; but they have been annoyedby the short and broken hairs hanging loosely from the rest of theirhair, causing an, untidy appearance and thesoiling of their In ord-er toobviate this annoyance, it has been the custom heretofore to luse'anumber of very iiue wire hair-pins, ap-

proaching as nearly as possible the same color as their hair, vand'evenwith a great number of such hair-pins in use it has-been found that themovements' of the hea'd would cause a portion of ythe'hai'r to becomedetached from the hair-pins and to hang loosely'from the rest of thehair, while the pins, `owing to the oily nature of the hair, wouldgradually work out and fall. It has also been the custom in some casesto employA bar -pins or buckles pinned or otherwise attached to the backhair and to gather the short and broken Vhair into such bars or buckles;but on account of the slippery and oily nature of the, hair it has beenfound to be im possible to hold the hair in place by such devices, 'asthe movements of the head would cause the hair to Withdraw from thesame,while the pins or buckles would gradually move downward upon thelong hair to which they were attached. In many cases very costly backand side combs as Well as other ornaments of hair-dress -have becomelost by slipping out from the hair, owing to the oily nature'of the hairand the movements of the head.

It is the especial and principal object of this my invention to providean article of hai r1 dress with a friction-strip against which the hairis pressed, Vand which, by the nature of the material from which saidstrip is made, shall have sufficient yfriction to iirmly hold the hairand vsaid article of hair-dress together; and it is more especially myobject by this invention to provide a4 ,friction-strip which is madefrom'a material upon which the oily nature of the hair 'will have theeffect to increase rather than decrease the holding power of the strip.i

W'ith these objects in view my invention is constructed substantially asfollows:

Referring to my device as illustrated in Figs. l to 6, both'inclusive,one or more strips l of friction-producing material-such as rubber,cloth, felt, or other analogous material, but preferably of rubber--issecurely attached to the -body 2 of the article lof hair-dress, eitherby cementing it into a groove 3 in said 'body or into a metalpiece 4,made in the form of a groove and attached to said body, as shown in Fig.6. In connection with this friction-strip I employ a clamping device toIOO Lil

clamp orpress the hair against said strip when in use and as and for apurpose to be described hereinafter. In the devices shown in Figs. 1 to6, bothlinclusive, this clamping device has been shown as consisting ot'a slotted pin 5, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6, or as asingleprongedpin 6, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In either case one end ot' the pin ishinged at 7 to the body 2 of the article of hair-'dress and lis held atits opposite end by means ofa suitable catch or fastening device, whichhas been shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6 as consisting ot a stud 8 with anenlarged head, which is forced through the slot in the clamping-pin 5,the sides of the pin yielding for that purpose, but which has been shownin Figs. 4 and 5 as consisting of aspring-clasp 9, which yields andallows the pin .6 to be inserted therein.

The device as shown in Figs. 1 to 6, both inclusive, is designed moreespecially to be used upon the back part of a ladyshead and to hold anyshort or broken hair in place, which hair would otherwise remain looseafter the hair had been dressed and might fall down and rest upon thecollar or dress or might hang loose, and in either case be unsightly anddisagreeable.

The manner of using this construction of my device is as follows: Thelady combs or otherwise draws the loose and broken hairs up from theneck or sides of the head and into their proper place against theremainder of the hair, which remaining hair is held firmly in place bythe manner in which the hair is dressed. She then inserts the pin 5 or 6through a portion of the long hair, which is held in place bythedressing of the hair, and then turns the body 2 of the hair-dressingarticle on the pivotal connection 7 downward against the short hair,which rest upon the long hair, and by pressing` the body downward forcesthe clamping-pin 8 through the slot in the pin 5 or forces the clasp 9over the pin 6, according to the style of retaining device whieh isused. This causes the long as well as the short hair to be rmly clampedbetween the clamping-pin and the body of the article of hair-dress andalso causes the hair to be pressed against the friction-strip, whichstrip will produce sufficient friction on the hair pressed against it toprevent the hair from being withdrawn and will hold the hair in properplace against any reasonable influence tending to withdraw it. If rubberis used in the strip, the oil in the hair and the heat of the headwillact upon said strip in such a manner as to increase the friction onthe hair the longer the hair is clamped between the clamping-pin and thefriction-strip. By clamping a portion of the long hair, as well as theshort hair, it will be seen that the long hair will prevent thehair-dressing article from falling, while the said article will preventthe short hair from falling.

Thus far I have shown and described my device of a construction suitableto be used Aas an attachment to a hair ornament-such as a buckle, bar,rosette, or other suitable ornament-but my device is equally applicableas an attachment to side and back combs and other articles of hair dressand will not only act to retain the hair in proper place, but will actto fasten the comb or other article to the hair,preventing them fromaccidentally working out from the hair and being lost.

In Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 I have illustrated two constructions of mydevice when applied to a side comb, and the same construction, as wellas that shown in the other views of the drawings, may be applied to aback comb; but I have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate a back comb inconnection with mydevice.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown the friction strip 1 as being insertedwithin a body 2 of a hair-dressing article similar to that describedabove, and in the place of a clamping-pin I have shown a side comb 10,pivotally connected at 11 to said body, which comb is provided With aslot which registers with the friction-strip when the comb is turnedupon its pivotal connection against the body 2. The comb is held so asto clamp the hair between the comb and the friction-strip by means of acommon rotaryT catch 12, which is rotated within the body 2 and willpass through a slotted perforation 13 in the comb when the catch is inone position, but will be prevented from passingthrough said perforationwhen said catch is lrotated from that position and when in this latterposition will lock the comb and ornamental body iirmly together, therebyclamping land holding the hair between the comb and friction-strip.y Theconstruction of the catch 12 will be clearly understood without anylengthy description of the same by reference to the drawings.

Iny using my device when constructed as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 I insertthe comb 10 in its proper place in the hair. I then brush the short orbroken hair into its proper position against the comb, and then clampthe body 2 in its position, as shown on the drawings, against the hair,irml y clamping theliair between the friction-strip and the comb.

In Figs. 9 and 10 I have illustrated another construction of my devicewhen applied to a side or back comb, and it is as follows: A thin metalframework 14 is attached to the comb 15 by screws, rivets, or in anyother suitable manner. The clamping pin 16 is made of an endless wirebent and shaped into the desired form, as illustrated in Fig. 9, whichwire is mounted within bearings 17 17 in the frame 14 in such a mannercthat it can be moved lengthwise within said bearings to withdraw or toinsert-the pin within the hair.

The frame 14 is provided with a spring-catch 18, under which the end'ofthe clamping-pin is placed when the clamping-pin is in position to clampthe hair and as shown in Fig. 9.

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The frame 14: is also provided with a groove.

19 to hold the friction-strip l, as shown and substantially as describedin relation to Fig. 6.

In using my device when constructed as illustrated in Figs. 9 and l0 IWithdraw the clamping-pin by moving it longitudinally within thebearings 17 17 and after having arranged the hair to the position it isdesired to have it retained in I insert the comb in po-Y sition in thehair. I then force the clamping-pin through a quantity of the hair andclamp the hair between the pin and frictionstrip by inserting theclamping-pin under the catch 18 and in the position shown in Fig. 9. Itwill be understood that my device not only holds the loose and shorthair in place, but

` also firmly attaches the comb to the long hair and prevents it fromworking ont of the hair and becoming lost.

It will be understood that the various catches and the various meansemployed to attach the clamping-pin to the other lneml hers of thedevice are interchangeable and can be substituted one for the other;that I do not wish to limit myself to the use of any particularconstruction or arrangement of said parts, as my invention consists,broadly,

in the use of a suitable friction-producing strip and a clamping deviceto clamp and hold the hair between saidvdevice and friction-strip,whereby the short and broken hair may be held in proper place by mydevice and whereby anycomb, buckle, bar, rosette,

or other article of hair-dress is firmly secured to the hair'andprevented from working out and becoming lost.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation ofmy invention, I wish to secure -byLetters Patent and claiml. A device ofthe character described comprising a base-plate, a compressiblefrictionstrip on the base-plate and a clamping member lying parallel tothe compressible strip and clamping the hair positively against thestrip. A w

2. A'device of the character described, the combination with abase-plate having compressible friction material secured thereto, a

clamping-pin secured tothe base-plate and lying parallel to thecompressible material and clamping the hair positively against saidmaterial, and means for detachabl y securing the clamping-pin inposition.

3. In a device of the class described, the

